Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

post-rock

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables
post-rock
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genre of music which uses rock instrumentation for songs with gradually unfolding structures that depend more on ambience and timbre than melody.

Uncountable

Etymology

From post- + rock. Coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

post rock (alternative) postrock (alternative)

Questions

What does post-rock mean?
A genre of music which uses rock instrumentation for songs with gradually unfolding structures that depend more on ambience and timbre than melody.
Where does post-rock come from?
From post- + rock. Coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994).

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